Special editions of the Athens Banner, 1906, 1908
Scope and Contents
The 1906 contents are as such: "City of Athens," "The Athens City Hall," "City Government," "Federal Court," "Public Buildings," "Municipal Facts," "Our Health," "Clarke County," "Men of Ability," "Leading Business," "Webb and Crawford," "State University," "State Normal," "Public Schools," "Famous Lucy Cobb," "Business Progress," "Our Railroads," "Big Cotton Firm," "Miller and Company," "Athens Y. M. C. A.," "Famous Old Oak That Owns Itself," "The New Campus," "Famous Cannon," "Cross of Honor," "The Griffith Implement Company Manfacturers, Jobbers, Retailers," "Pride of Athens," "Arthur Flatau," "National Bank," "The Citizens Bank," "The Builders' Supply Co.," "A Leading Firm," "Southern Mutual," "The Mutual Life," "Athens Mutual," "Lipscomb and Co.," "Newton and Bryan," "J. C. Jester," "R. T. Dubose," "Mutual Live Stock Insurance Company," "Morton and Parker," "Farming Lands," "The New Schools," "Athens Mfb. Co.," "Georgia Factory," "Two Great Mills," "Splendid Plant," "Street Railway," "Industries," "Bottling Works Thriving Here," "Empire State Chemical Co.," "Athens Compress," "The Oil Mills of This City," "Farmers' Club in This Country," "Real Estate," "The Telephone System in Athens," "Talmadge Meal Mill," "J. T. Anderson," "St. Mary's Hospital a Gem," "Athens Wholesale Interests," "The Athens Empire Laundry," "Athens Retail Interests," "The Good Women of Athens," "A Prosperous Loan Company," "Secret Order of This City."
The 1908 general articles include: “The City of Athens,” “Varied Interests,” “As a Cotton Market,” “Wholesale Groceries,” “Our Farming Lands,” “Our Cotton Mills,” “City Real Estate,” “Some Advance Steps Taken by the City Administration during the Past Few Years, “Our Building Record.”
Articles about local government and transportation cover the following topics: Mayor W. F. Dorsey; “The Road Improvement in Clarke County under the Direction of the County Commissioners,” “City School System,” “Our Street Railway,” Railroads, Public Utilities.
Profiles of the following schools are provided: the University of Georgia, the State Normal School, the State College of Agriculture, and the Lucy Cobb Institute.
Profiles of the following businesses are provided: the St. George Hotel; Athens Savings Bank; the Griffeth Implement Co., Head and McMahan, Burke Betts, the Wingfield Cash Grocery Company, the Chamber of Commerce, the Georgia National Bank, the National Bank of Athens, the Southern Manufacturing Company, Wingfield Bros. and Co., the Orr Drug Company, Athens Empire Laundry, Webb and Crawford Co.
The following buildings and roads are depicted in reproduced photographs: Junction Tallassee and Mitchell’s Bridge Roads, Mitchell’s Bridge Road—On the Hill; Lexington Road Near County Farm; Mitchell’s Bridge Road—Top of Hill; Jefferson Road Near Oconee Heights; Oglethorpe Avenue—“The Heights,” Milledge Avenue, Post Office and Federal Court Building (currently First American Bank and Trust), Old Grady Home, Michael Residences and Old Ben Hill Home on Prince Avenue, Terrell Hall, LeConte Hall, Moore College, and the Zoological Laboratory.
Dates
- 1906, 1908
Conditions Governing Access
This collection has no restrictions. This collection is open to the public. Library policy on photography and photocopying will apply. Advance notice may be required. Apply in the Heritage Room for access. The exception is the Order of the Eastern Star collection, the directories included in which list the personal addresses and phone numbers of members. These directories are not available to the public.
Biographical / Historical
The articles are illustrated with photographs of buildings and streets, and provide significant information about the city at the time. The 1908 articles have been dated only because a reprint of the "Cotton Mills" piece was found in the Athens Vertical Files; this reprint itself is undated, but was part of the "Athens Albums" series that ran in the Athen Daily News/Athens Banner-Herald ca. 1970.
Extent
0 Linear Feet (Not applicable; the archival materials stored in the oversize drawers in the Heritage Room do not count toward the archives' linear footage)
Language
English
Overview
The 1906 articles have been bound in a special edition, perhaps the original publication of the items. The item is intact and presumably represents the entirety of the special series; however, some pages have been partially consumed by bugs. The 1908 articles are laminated; like the 1906 articles, they profile leading businesses, schools, and Mayor William F. Dorsey; also describing the state of Athens’ municipal services.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Unknown
Physical Description
Fair to poor
Repository Details
Part of the Heritage Room, Athens-Clarke County Library Repository
2025 Baxter Street
Athens GA 30606
